A funky bunch

Friday

Aug 31, 2012 at 2:00 AM

On the heels of its newest music-video release, Evolfo Doofeht kicks off its first West Coast tour with a stop in Ashland. The band brings its funky sound that spans genres of punk rock and rhythm and blues.

By Mandy Valencia

On the heels of its newest music-video release, Evolfo Doofeht kicks off its first West Coast tour with a stop in Ashland. The band brings its funky sound that spans genres of punk rock and rhythm and blues.

"We all have an appreciation of old, funk music and R&B — the James Browns and all the Dr. Johns," Swink says during a telephone interview. "The live horn section adds a whole level of power, a new dimension, new flavor. "

The band is touring to promote its new album, "The Food of Love," set for release in late September.

All of the group members study various concentrations of music at Boston's Berklee College of Music.

The band got its start in 2009 in San Francisco when Gibbs — who was still in high school — put together a few musicians for a theater production of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night."

"The director wanted to call us The Food of Love," Gibbs says. "To be punk and cool, we decided to call ourselves Evolfo Doofeht — The Food of Love spelled backwards."

Swink joined Gibbs after the two met at Berklee.

Tickets for the show at Grizzly Peak cost $8, $4 for students, and are available at Music Coop in Ashland or at the door. Bring a picnic lunch. Call 541-482-5700 for information.